Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Rules, Rules, Rules

  	       So many rules, 
                 Such utter folly
               Rules, rules, rules
                 How can one stay jolly 

                Rules at home
                  Rules in school
                Rules in the workplace
                   All too cruel 

                Reductio ad absurdum*
                   My guiding light 
                 Just abolished all the rules ~
                    That feels about right!



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                *In case it matters, 'Reductio ad absurdum'
                demonstrates that a proposition is true by
                showing that denying it leads to an absurd
                outcome or conclusion.

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Paula Goldsmith May 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM What a creative/fun "Rules, Rules, Rules" write you have here. Love It... Rules are to keep us safe. Some now days are just crazy... Have a fun day writing away.......... Gershon Wolf May 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM Perhaps, just perhaps, rules are all about control...

Kim Rodrigues May 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM When laying out all the sins, the Jews chose the sins…the solution, not the rules but the source. Hugs :) Gershon Wolf May 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM ???

John Lawless May 17, 2026 at 10:14 AM NO RUNNING JUMPING OR DIVING FROM THE BALCONY.....sign over the pool at the YMCA on Huntington Ave in Boston.....circa 1960 Gershon Wolf May 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM Heh-heh. And that sign was actually needed, wasn't it? Astonishing. ~ gw